Roger Salem

Roger Salem (1955-) was General Director of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces from 1 April to 27 June 2013, succeeding Ashraf Rifi and preceding Ibrahim al-Basbous.

Biography
Roger Salem was born in 1955 in Lebanon to a family of Greek Catholic Lebanese. Salem was a high-ranking officer of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces, and he was appointed as Deputy Commander of the ISF under Ashraf Rifi after Robert Jabbour's retirement; he would hold the post for six months until he reached retirement age. In the absence of Major-General Rifi, he served as de facto leader of the Internal Security Forces, despite a 1943 law saying that only Sunni Muslims could serve in that post. He held the post from 1 April to 27 June 2013 after the retirement of Rifi, and his retirement led to Ibrahim al-Basbous becoming the new director.